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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) ▲ Law Type Jurisdiction
Pirate v. Dalby 1 U.S. 167 1786 0 Civil SC of PA.
Respublica v. Betsey 1 U.S. 469 1789 0 Civil SC of PA.
Carnes v. Apperson & Co. 2 Sneed 562 1855 0 Tennessee
Sable v. Hitchcock 2 Johns. Cas. 79 1800 0 Civil SC of New York
Quackenboss v. Lansing 6 Johns. 49 1810 0 Civil SC of New York
Executors of Rogers v. Berry 10 Johns. 132 1813 0 Civil SC of New York
In the Case of Tom 5 Johns. 365 1810 0 Civil SC of New York
Farnsworth v. Arnold 3 Sneed 252 1855 0 Tennessee
Jamison v. Bridge 14 La. Ann. 31 1859 0 Louisiana
Gunn v. Mason 2 Sneed 637 1855 0 Tennessee
Hughes v. Boyd 2 Sneed 512 1855 0 Tennessee
Spencer v. Pilcher 37 Va. 490 1839 0 SC of Appeals VA
Mosely v. Baker 2 Sneed 362 1854 0 Tennessee
Gourley v. Thompson 2 Sneed 387 1854 0 Tennessee
Major v. State 2 Sneed 11 1854 0 Tennessee
Scott v. Hix 2 Sneed 192 1854 0 Tennessee
Walls' adm'r v. Ward 2 Swan 648 1852 0 Tennessee
Ward v. Saunders 35 Tenn. 387 1855 0 Tennessee
Decherd v. Blanton 35 Tenn. 373 1855 0 Tennessee
Franklin v. Ezell 1 Sneed 497 1853 0 Tennessee